The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 2181
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
9:18 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3194
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 123.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / 6.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.90° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / -2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.27° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.